Following Kos’s statements in March, I thought that Daily Kos diaries were not going to lie about Hillary anymore.
Yet I keep seeing lies almost every day. And they keep ending up on the Recommended list.
Today’s example has a really cute title :
Bernie joins Verizon employees at the picket line: Hillary joins Verizon execs at the buffet line
And its a lie — the comments posted with the article show
1. Hillary also joined the workers on the picket line:
2. and she released a statement supporting the strikers.
“Verizon should come back to the bargaining table with a fair offer for their workers,” she said in a statement.
She echoed a union claim that “Verizon wants to outsource more and more jobs” and said that the company “should do the right thing and return to negotiations.”
Her comments come hours after around 36,000 workers went on strike following months of fraught contract negotiations. The workers, who have been without a contract since August, are mostly associated with Verizon’s wireline business and are based on the East Coast.
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Clinton’s statement came after she was endorsed by a New York chapter of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, which is one of the unions behind the strike.
Yes, Verizon executives are apparently supporting Hillary. Why shouldn’t they be able to support one candidate over the other? And isn’t it possible that this means they might actually listen when she urges them to get back to the bargaining table? I don’t think its very likely they’re going to be listening to Sanders when he urges them to bargain in good faith, considering that he “welcomes their contempt”
Many people have posted comments on this diary talking about how untruthful it is, but this apparently still doesn’t stop its elevation to the Recommended list without any changes or edits to correct its title or message.
As I posted in a comment in this diary, it seems to me that the people displaying Hillary Hate at Daily Kos are like Clint Eastwood yelling at the empty chair — they’re constructed a boogeyman suit and dressed Hillary in it. Its a lie.